六十甲子 · 日柱 · Na Yin
Sixty Pillars — Your Day Pillar
One of the sixty JiaZi is yours — the stem that is your self, the branch beneath your feet, and the sound-element that names your nature.
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In brief
The sixty JiaZi cycle pairs the ten Heavenly Stems with the twelve Earthly Branches into sixty stem-branch combinations, each with a Na Yin sound element. Your day pillar's place in this cycle names your Day Master, your day animal and the sound element that colours your nature.
Frequently asked
What is the Na Yin sound element?
Na Yin assigns each of the sixty pillars a poetic sound element, such as Sea Metal or Great Forest Wood, a second elemental layer beyond the stem and branch that adds nuance to a pillar's character.
What is my day pillar?
The stem-branch combination for your birth day, one of the sixty JiaZi. Its stem is your Day Master, the self of the BaZi chart, and its branch is your day animal.
Why sixty combinations?
Ten stems and twelve branches only pair in matching yin-yang, producing sixty unique combinations before the cycle repeats, the basis of the traditional sixty-year calendar.
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